Sorting through some of my Mom's old paperwork this weekend, I found a streetmap of Atlanta. There's no copyright date, but I think it's from the late 1970s. Of course, I looked up my own neighborhood... which actually hasn't changed much. But then I noticed an Interstate highway shield for I-485.
Here's a reduced version to fit on your screen, … [Read more...]

It's been quite a ninety days for EI2.
APLU
In November, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) named Georgia Institute of Technology the winner of its 2014 "Innovation" award for our statewide economic development efforts in a number of sectors.
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AURP
In December, the Association of University Research … [Read more...]

Once again, to kick off the new year, I prepared a list of the Top Ten Technologies for our friends at the Atlanta Business Chronicle. The limitations of smearing ink on dead trees forced the newspaper to cut the list down a bit. But electrons are cheap. Just for completeness, here’s my original Top Ten, with special attention to how they’ll impact … [Read more...]

Twenty years ago today, I left a fast track position in corporate America and moved back to my hometown of Atlanta to help launch an early-stage venture capital firm. Ever since, my passion and my profession and my personal wealth have all been tied to the local technology community.
It's been quite a ride.
A few people have been on this ride … [Read more...]

IMPACT Speaker Series presents
Dr. Allen Ecker
“Business Lessons From My Six Careers”
Wednesday, October 29 @ 4:30pm
LeCraw Auditorium, Scheller College of Business
Before there was Airwatch...
Before there was ISS...
Before there was Mindspring...
Before there was Hayes Microcomputer...
Before there was HBOC...
Even before there was … [Read more...]

Last month, I was fortunate enough to be invited to a private dinner with senior executives of a number of leading research universities who were visiting campus. The dinner speaker was Tom Noonan -- a Georgia Tech classmate of mine (1983) who has succeeded in multiple careers: as a software executive, then serial entrepreneur, angel investor, … [Read more...]

Yes, Atlanta has too many streets named Peachtree. And we seem to want to make even more. That's not the topic of this post.
My point today is that, if we're going to have 71 streets named Peachtree, then let's at least have signage that makes it easy to distinguish one from the other!
Here's the right way to designate West Peachtree … [Read more...]

If you’ve seen me during business hours in the last five years, it’s likely that I was wearing a button like this one on my shirt or jacket. And if you asked me about it, it’s likely that I gave you one… I’ve given away over 1000 at this point. … [Read more...]

Last month, Georgia Tech was designated an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University (IEP) by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and its Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness, and Economic Prosperity (CICEP).
Wow. That's a mouthful. What does it mean?
At the most practical level, it means that a team of … [Read more...]